A Director at the Zambia Public Procurement Authority this morning testified before the Roydah Kaoma tribunal that President Micheal Sata has no authority to direct the cancellation of a public tender.
ZPPA Director of Inspections and Standards Gloria Ngoma also testified that the ZPPA Act does not allow Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo to cancel an ongoing tender process.
Mrs. Ngoma told the tribunal that the ZPPA Act is explicit adding that only the approvals authority, procurement committee and the controlling officer can terminate or suspend a running tender.
She further explained that new members cannot be included to a tender evaluation process once it has commenced for fear of manipulation of the process.
But during cross examination by Mrs. Masebo’s lawyer, Micheal Mundashi, Mrs. Ngoma said there was an inconsistency detected during the evaluation process for 19 hunting blocks because the committee departed from the criteria.
Mrs. Ngoma said it would have been appropriate to cancel the tender due to the inconsistencies.
Meanwhile, the tribunal that was established to probe Mrs. Masebo for alleged professional misconduct this morning concluded its sittings.
Tribunal Chairperson Justice Roydah Kaoma said the findings of the tribunal will be ready by 30th March 2014 and will later be presented to President Sata and the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Wasting of money and resources. Ms Masebo should just own up, the rules are clear and therefore, she had no power to act in the manner she did. So is Mr Sata, on procurement process as far as the rules apply.
Where is the integrity of accepting what is wrong?
Ofcourse he has power
If RB, and FC had the power to rig elections,the president has insurmountable, impregnable powers similar to the one exchibited by Mr Mugable, the difference is
unlike Mr Mugabe Mr Sata subtly shows them.
He also has power over judiciary, either way stop reading too many books and plying on people’s intelligency
Someone once said ‘Democracy” is just a filler for textbooks’
There you have it
Thanks
All these details emerging about how corrupt Sata with his stooges are will be shelved for now. But come the time when PF will be out of power, we shall bring all these culprits to book including Sata.
Masebo has apparently vindicated herself. Come the day to account for all these irregularities in ZAWA post PF, she will simply point fingers to Sata and set herself free. Even the director has also protected herself for the future. I hope others will emulate these fearless women.
I encourage all those involved in unlawful practices instigated by Sata to keep records of instructions from Sata either in written or voice recorded forms. There are phone conversation recording apps out there. Make sure you grab one and start using it now and save all important info for the rainy day.
It’s honourable to shut up and say nothing about the matter if you have no clue to what is going on. I just did. Mushota, word of advice, refrain from farting until we hear from people in the ‘know’ who have something fundamental to say about this case before you preempt their thought process by your constant passing of wind.
Two hit wonder. You have failed to understand what Mushota is saying. Belenga nafuti.
the controlling officer can terminate or suspend a running tender.
@fake Saulosi, go ahead and tell the world what Mushota’s on about. Otherwise, you don’t deserve that iconic flag against your name.
@MUSHOTA – what do you do in life apart from being glued to the PC 24/7.
It’ s an insult to reasoning to think that the president has no powers when Mumba Malila stated the hunting could be cancelled if directed by Sata.
Folks, we implore all of you who are in possession of crucial documentation/ data on these corrupt practices to keep them safely for our new administration of 2016. Ala tukabakanda. Some are just blindly following those who know they’ll be dead when change arrives, and their actions today will pave an easy way for them into “boarding”!!!!
Until we have a new constitution, he appears to have unfettered power to do anything.
2 presidents have been impeached in the last 2 decades. What can stop a third?
Awesome ! 20 days to go before 30th March 2014.All the best Silvia on your D-day.
but he’s the president for goodness sake! what do you mean he has no power? the current constitution is all empowering on the president. no power my foot!
oh shove a ding dong up your butthole you pf zombie! you take bootlicking to unchartered levels. so your ka simple little brain fails to be objective no matter how glaringly wrong your pf are?
dudelove your name sounds a bit gay like “he who loves dudes”. I despise gay organisms. unidentified biological entities without a description. looks like you like shoving things up your own shi!it shoot. take your filthy ways away from here you homo piece of crap.
as for MAsebo, wait for the 30th of march before exposing your dullness in publlic you dude gay love
@Kudos. I think Masebo should answer for her deeds instead of setting up the President for reasons that could be used to lift his immunity. No President in Zambia will ever be free however impregnable they might appear whilst in office . Sadly for the Sata family, Masebo should she be acquited will be the first credible accuser of the President to have broken the law. The President’s powers are not unlimited. That is why FTJ was prosecuted (or is it persecuted?) for plundering the zamtrop account. Ba Sata this spells maningi trouble for you, immediately your second or third or fourth term is over.
I say again, shove a ding dong up your butt. I would have done you a favour by shoving my ding dong up your butt but I never go where Kabimba’s been. Best get yourself checked cowboy, I heard things about Wynter’s state of health. Moron.
Gay dudelove mathar fakkar, I dont argue with gay swine like you. piece of cattle shi!it. go fukc Hommosexual Hulle (HH) anally. Bantustan-yoko!
Iwe ka Kudos, what are you, Deaf AND st.upid? tsk tsk, you PF dullards never listen. I gave you a simple instruction or is it your butt crack is too wide from your whoring days and no one will stick it to you anymore? What’s your obsession with cows? Did your butt crack get molested by a cow and thats why its that wide? Is that it you ka little sh!t you? hahahaha!!
Impeach the man he is not suited for the highest job of our land! Everything is falling apart: free falling kwacha; fuel shortages, dwindled reserves at BOZ, it is just chaos! MPs Please help us by impeaching this man!!!
2016 is too far to wait. By this time this M0R0N will have done irreversible damage to Zambia. Maybe he already has.
Clearly he has failed completely to do the job of President. He has fomented tribal politics in the country, and doing serious damage to the economy by appointing his incompetent uncle Chikwanda. His selective use of the ACC is allowing corruption to multiply, and he has sabotaged the justice system with the likes of Kamimba and Chibesakunda.
He has deprived Zambians of their Right of Assembly and Freedom of Speech to stifle criticism of his LIES and CORRUPTION and hijacked the CONSTITUTION reform process.
But most of all, HE HAS FAILED TO UPHOLD THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE, which is an IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
2016? We need to kick this criminal out now! NOW!
or as the southern cattle boys would say it, no power my “hoof”!
@Kudos! did a TONGA BULL mount your spouse? Why the hatred of the self supporting indigenous people of the most fertile part of the country? I have heard they are well endowed in the lower and upper departments – pole sana! No going back once gone bull.
My point exactly One Hit Wonder. While he was being raped by a cow in the backyard, a Tonga Bull was impaling his wife mu bedroom and the funny thing was, both their screams were of pleasure and not pain. The reason he’s always on a tirade about cows is to mask the fact that he gets a boner every time he sees one. Am I accurate Kudos? Do i speak the truth? Nod once if you agree. hahaha, man I just love this guy. YOU HAVE BEEN MARKED MY FRIEND!! BUHAHAHAHA!!!
It is interesting how people can read the same information and interpret it in so many different ways let me help; Ms Masebo testified that she was directed by the president to fire ZAWA management and to dissolve the board. She did NOT testify that the president ordered her to cancel the tenders. Secondly, Ms Ngoma testified that Ms Masebo did NOT have the power to cancel the tender; that power is vested in the approvals authority, procurement committee and the controlling officer. In short, Ms Masebo abused her authority and acted illegally. I hope this helps!
Even if Michael Sata ordered her to fire the Board and management,she was supposed to do so with due regard to procedure.She became over zealous and took the law into her own hands.She must face the consequences.
Whats the difference between directing and ordering?
The Masebo Tribunal must rise to the occasion and deliver justice. We are all watching. We know that Wynter Kabimba was fraudulently cleared by a fraudulent tribunal formed by imbeciles who thrive on cheating in order to eat. Masebo refused to resign and already you can see the arrogance in the PF. All these things being swept under the carpet will resurface when a real government is formed. So Masebo, Wynter and others don’t think this is over yet. All those who have wronged the people of Zambia through poor governance will have to face the people one day. That day is coming and you shall wish you never participated in stealing from the country’s resources. Poor people have been dying while those in government have continued diverting national resources to their own individual pockets.
Now I undestand why there is so much corruption in tendering process.Now I understand why the evaluation officers do corrupt things with impunity.THERE ARE NO SAFE GUARDS.NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT CAN STOP A CORRUPT EVALUATION PROCESS!THE LAW MUST BE VISITED.
The president is a controlling officer so he has powers to cancel a tender imwe mbutuma shakuchipat thus why KAICHE TOUCHES GRANDGRAND MOTHERS BREASTS
We as Zambians do not generally eat Game meat the way we eat beef, and wild animals in the family of impalas, wildebeests and so on, reproduce at a very fast rate like goats. I suspect that other people eat these animals on our behalf. The question is , are our security wings up to the task?
Mune! Game meat is the best. State house wallows in the luxury of this game meat. It has a natural taste and can not be compared to the GM cattle meat you get at Soweto or Zambeef. Have you ever eaten any game meat yourself? This has nothing to do with security wings. Sata’s reputation on protecting game animals, wildlife is actually none existence going by the only 90 days promise he tried to achieve when he came into power was to release many of game poachers in prisons, giving a reason that we tend to respect animals more that we respect human beings. Hello, yes to an extent I agree with Mr Sata but God, that mentally coming from the President will definitely wipe out the little animals we’ve at the moment. Cry for the beloved Zambia.
Kambachabe.It is clear that you have no comprehension of what I said. Yes game meat is the best because its natural and organic, but how many times in a year do you eat game meat compared to beef which is fool of chemicals. If your answer is very few times or non at all, then who eats game meat. State house as you alleged can only eat so much. So stop being trivial, Sir!
Please Ba Mushota, I really find it difficult to comprehend your level of ignorance and lack of brains in what you contribute here on this forum. Yes it’s a free-for-all, ‘chintobetobe’ freedom of speech etc. But Bane, lets be real. Its not just the matter of writing brainlessly here, it’s all about understanding the subject matter, digest it and make a contribution that is logical and taste to the subject matter. If you don’t mind me asking how old are you by the way? I might withdraw my criticism if you’re under 5 they call it.
There is sarcasm in Mushota. Statement. Imwe mufwaya fye ama contribution which you agree with. Ubututu
Just impeach PF!
Yeah, Impeach them in 2016 – Just 30 months to go!
You know you jo longer have a country if the people who were supposed to protect the law are the ones who abuse it with impunity. First Masebo should have resigned her position to allow the due process to be executed without any interference. Or she should have stood down by her appointing authority. My god what really happened to Mr Sata, I thought he was a ‘maverick’? This is really disappointing.
Surely from the media the way this tribunal has been gone, Masebo should not escape. Her only defense was that Sata direxted her to commit the offence; plus a series of unsubstantiated allegations which she failed to report to the police.
good ground to impeach Sata!!
The noose is now tightening on Sata’s head. Masebo has publicly admitted that Sata through Masebo broke the law. The only thing Cobra can do is to ask Masebo to provide evidence . He will play the Chikwelete card on Masebo and she is remain a lame duck waiting for political slaughter.
Case closed!
Next tribunal Please.
Wonder why this whole thing must wait for 2016? It’s already rotten and stinking.
To avoid future humiliation of the President MC Sata, I suggest that he avoids doing a Rupiah-Dora scam.
There are many ways of looking after Masebo. Appoint her BOZ, ZRA, ZESCO, ZICTA, ZAMTEL, NCZ, ZRL, ZEMA, NIPA, ZCAS, ZNTB, NAC, ZPPCA, ZAMNET, UNZA, ZPPA, ZDA, ZCCM-IH, UTH, RDA and INDECO board member. She will earn more than a minister and this matter will die instead of it being a matter for Zambians to bay for your blood after you leave office. Ask RB and Thandiwe.
ok i see the name YUSUF ZUMULA has again come up in this case this man is a big time crook and there are a lot of people in pro blames because of him some one should look in to his activities as to he is making his living and he should be kept away from all the game rang no more hunting permits to him please check him out it is sad to see our Zambians suffer from his hands
IF THE SO-CALLED ZPPA DIRECTOR OF INSPECTIONS AND STANDARDS, MRS GLORIA NGOMA ADMITTED THAT INCONSISTENCY WAS DETECTED DURING THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR 19 HUNTING BLOCKS BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAD DEPARTED FROM THE CRITERIA AND
THAT BECAUSE OF THAT INCONSISTENCY, MRS NGOMA SAID IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO CANCEL THE TENDER. SO WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT DID WRONG?
WHAT IS REALLY THE LEGAL ISSUE HERE?
The only reason she is bringing up inconsistencies, o dull and shallow one, is to give a loophole to save Masebo’s skin. She knows she couldn’t out-rightly come out and declare that sata was well within his rights to issue such instructions because that would be easy to look up and rebut. But throw in a vague thing like ‘inconsistencies’ then this woman saves her job and masebo’s also. Sometimes Luapula I feel you do the being dull thing deliberately coz, damn man!
I agree considering that the zppa closes refered to also provide for such inconsistencies.
It is so amazing, to see in open that all powers lies in the president and no one is above the president not even the law. I see that if truly speaking the president allowed the minister to do what she did then who will discipline the president who gave powers to the minister?
It’s sheer arrogance by the president. This is commonly referred to as abuse of the powers of one’s office, a.k.a. corruption. This is the same president who, not too long after he got into office, ordered that his predecessor, former president Rupiah Banda, be prosecuted for corruption. Why must he himself not be prosecuted? And this time around, let RB’s lawyers be the ones to prosecute Michael Chilufya Sata. The circus continues.
Dictatorship is the word. Sata is self made, self willed and does not answer to anyone nor does he submit to anyone. That in itself is a difficult situation that Zambia is in, no wonder its hard for him to change the constitution…power is sweet. Chiluba said it.
The President needs advisers, he is old and no longer a cobra, it’s easy for young ones to point a finger at him, by the time he responds it’s 6 months later, and the case would have died down, also this issue of he has a right is not wise in this modern world, people are well informed, be smart and don’t break procedures in broad day light though you meant well your actions open doors to all kinds of legalities.
142, as you can see i havent used the T word to label a group of people anywhere in my blogs. its amazing and self evident how you can easily identify yourself with the cattle-wrecking (raping) crew. and you all talk of tribalism?
anyway to answer your question, i hate cattle rapists because they are guilty of an offence called “bestiality”
secondly i hate fags simply because they’re lower than animals.
both the ways of cattle defilers and homos are against the order of nature whether they’re rich or poor, young or old and regardless of race, gender, tribe, ethnicity, nationality
Uchili ule bwata mwaiche Kudos iwe? Don’t make me make you my hobby you ka triablist sh!t for brains. If i catch you on any thread spewing tribal hatred and talking about the cows that you molest, I will make you my lil’ b..i.tch, and you will not like it at all.
@kudos, you puke scum like this: flashback: March 10, 2014 at 2:49 pm | Permalink
Blimey I’m the strongest opponent of the gay agenda in Zambia. So if you hate fags that much, i’m glad to announce to you that we’re on the same page. Join me in my fight to get rid of the western fag agenda and speak against Kasonkomona and his cohorts.
As for (HH) and his Bantustan-yoko cattle clan, I hate them just as much. They’re too regional and selfish, stingy. Hairy Hog (HH) has infected their brain cells with BIV (Bovine Immuno-defficiency Virus) which he got from “wajata ngombe”!
One hit Wonder! Seriously this ka excuse of a human being said all this??? Oh my oh my Kudos looks like me and you are gonna be tight son! You need rehab my friend, gotta get all that gunk and Kabimba’s spunk from outta that pie hole you call a mouth. Dammit boy now I gotta touch your family, your mama, papa, brothers and sisters….you keep spewing this kind of retarded crap ama gonna have to go there nephew. First warning. You do not get a second. Stuff am gonna reveal’s gonna make all that stuff Watchdog were revealing about membe look like one of em Cinderella stories. Better believe that.
When Ministers are appointed, they need to go for an orientation seminar or workshops on the workings of government. Ministers think they have powers which they do not have. Sata too thinks he has powers which he doesn’t have. When anomalies are identified in a tender, people are free to complain to ZPPA who in turn can ask for a re-evaluation. This is supposed to be done within a specified number of days. A Minister cannot just wake up one day and cancel a tender because of perceived anomalies. Procedure Madam Masebo was not followed. Unfortunately these are issues not taught at UNZA where Mrs Masebo went to school. The lady messed up big time! When Sata gives you wrong instructions, you are supposed to advise him where he is wrong. Don’t just accept everything coming out of his mouth.
Masebo has laid a trap for President Sata. From her submission to the Tribunal, both Sata and Masebo broke the law and Impeachment is now the way to go. Masebo has given the grounds for Pres Sata to be impeached.
One wonders whether Mmembe, Scott Kabimba and Masebo planned to embarrass Pres Sata since they are not comfortable with him. The sooner Cobra is impeached, the easier it is for the Cartel to impose one of their own as President well before 2016.
Wont be surprised to see Scott, Malila, Whyter and Masebo being realigned in Cabinet as part of the President plans to clip the powers of the Cartel that is holding him hostage.
These 19 hunting blocks have ganged up together with their petitioner William harrington because they were killing animals indiscrimately for their selfish gains and doing the same business with some of our neighbouring countries with a view to depleting our game reserves. After measures were put in to put a stop to this they rise up and cry foul. Zambia my country where are we going. Please do not allow this useless syndicate to finish our animals, they have no heart for mother zambia and if you critically look at these so called 19 hunting blocks they are all second class zambians.
the president can take a country to war what can stop him to stop cancelling a simple hunting licence. come on zambia, what are we discussing here..
With non-working colonial guns? I don’t think so mate. On a serious note you need to check that info again buddy! I think a war cabinet has to be formed to deliberate such a decision. He may be commander-in-chief of the armed forces but such are clauses we need to do away with in our country.